Lee said he was out in his barn, which he described as spitting distance from his house, at the time of the Tuesday afternoon break-in. When he walked in the home, he noticed his back door was open and the smell of cigarettes — which was odd because no one in Lee’s house smokes.

He said he noticed a dark shadow at the top of his steps and saw a stranger. As Lee was on the phone with the dispatcher, the man came downstairs, knocked Lee to the floor and walked over him.

Lee said when he was pushed down, he wasn’t able to get up. The man could’ve used Lee’s disadvantage to make a run for it — but his next move was surprising.

“When I told him to sit down, he (sat) down,” Lee said. He said the man sat on the couch until Clark County Sheriff’s deputies arrived just a couple of minutes later.

He said the man was in his house long enough to smoke three cigarettes and even take a shower.